Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, Hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, Hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, Hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, Hey
Pull the tapeworm out of me?
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This has been a long-debated song for me, and I feel as though I've finally figured it out (mostly, maybe). Lots and lots of people have argued this song is about drugs (heroin in particular, since it is usually injected with a needle), and it very well could be. Or at least, SOAD may have written this song purposefully ambiguous, which would support the notion that they are musical geniuses.
I,
however, argue that this song is about Euthanasia. I will explain why: "...the
stomach pains and walking of the canes..." ---This is obviously referring
to GETTING OLD. Stomach pains (digestive issues) and canes (arthritis, cripple,
etc.) are symbolic to OLD PEOPLE in our culture. Just Google them, and see what
you get.
"And
you whisper up to me, in your life of tragedy; But I cannot grow 'til you eat
the last of me..." ---The tapeworm (you) is a metaphor for IMMORALITY. It
is a symbol of pain, of an unavoidable, parasitic condition (aka DEATH).
Tapeworms eat up their hosts ("til you eat the last of me"), and it
refers to a desperation from the inevitable nature of death.
"My tapeworm tells me what to do/My tapeworm tells me where to go." ---We are controlled by the ever-present idea of our IMMORALITY. Especially in old age. As the body decays around you, you feel more and more as if you're being controlled, oppressed, or burdened by it.
"Pull the tapeworm out of your ass/ I'm sitting in my room..." ---Here's the meat of the song. Pulling the tapeworm out of your ass is a good, rebellious way to REBUKE death, to REBEL against it. Then, "sitting in [his] room, with a needle in [his] hand", he contemplates suicide. He contemplates killing himself to end the pain of existence, and to bring on the consequences of IMMORTALITY by himself. The "tomb of an old man" is referred to, which only furthers support of this idea, methinks.
"My tapeworm tells me what to do/My tapeworm tells me where to go." ---We are controlled by the ever-present idea of our IMMORALITY. Especially in old age. As the body decays around you, you feel more and more as if you're being controlled, oppressed, or burdened by it.
"Pull the tapeworm out of your ass/ I'm sitting in my room..." ---Here's the meat of the song. Pulling the tapeworm out of your ass is a good, rebellious way to REBUKE death, to REBEL against it. Then, "sitting in [his] room, with a needle in [his] hand", he contemplates suicide. He contemplates killing himself to end the pain of existence, and to bring on the consequences of IMMORTALITY by himself. The "tomb of an old man" is referred to, which only furthers support of this idea, methinks.
So, I
believe this song is about Euthanasia, and perhaps Suicide in general. I
believe SOAD would APPROVE of Euthanasia, as do I. This is indeed one of my
favs.
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